Wesley Evans Williams has been charged in the 9-year-old murder of Sara Brady.

Court documents released Thursday state the pair met at a Nevada campground in 1999. Then they traveled to Albuquerque where Brady wrote her daughter and said that she and Williams planned to get married. That was the last family heard from Brady.

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Her remains were found in a shallow grave on the west mesa in March of 2000, along with an heirloom cane with her grandfather's initials on it, but due to a lack of ID she was listed as a Jane Doe until last year. A cold case television show stirred up some tips which led to a positive identification through DNA tests.

Williams' arrest for using Brady's bank card came nearly one year later after intensive investigative work.

District Attorney Kari Brandenburg said in spite of the time lag, the case is not impossible to try. Police also said they have a number of contradictory statements from Williams.